Lindsey Vonn Net Worth

What Is Lindsey Vonn's Net Worth and Career Earnings?

Lindsey Vonn is an American former Olympic skier who has a net worth of $16 million.

Vonn is one of the most accomplished alpine skiers in history. Over the course of her career, she has won 84 World Cup races, captured four overall World Cup titles (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012), and earned three Olympic medals, including a historic gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Games. For years, she held the all-time women's record for World Cup victories, a mark that was eventually surpassed by teammate Mikaela Shiffrin.

After retiring in 2019 following years of debilitating injuries, Vonn stunned the skiing world by launching a full professional comeback beginning in the 2024–2025 season. At age 41, she returned to World Cup competition, won races again, and qualified for her fifth Olympic Games at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, cementing her reputation as one of the most resilient athletes in modern sports history.

Annual Earnings

At her commercial peak, Lindsey Vonn was one of the highest-earning athletes in winter sports. During her prime competitive years, she regularly earned $8–10 million annually, driven primarily by endorsement income rather than prize money.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Vonn's annual earnings were estimated at approximately $8 million, placing her among the highest-paid athletes at the Games. Her endorsement portfolio has included long-term partnerships with brands such as Delta Air Lines, Land Rover, Rolex, Under Armour, Red Bull, Oakley, and Beats by Dre.

While prize money from skiing represented only a small portion of her income, Vonn's marketability, media presence, and crossover appeal allowed her to sustain elite earnings even after retirement and into her comeback years.

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Early Life

Lindsey Caroline Kildow was born on October 18, 1984, in St. Paul, Minnesota. She learned to ski at an exceptionally young age, taught initially by her grandfather in Wisconsin before enrolling in Erich Sailer's elite development program at Buck Hill in Minnesota. As a child, Vonn displayed uncommon technical ability and fearlessness on the slopes.

At age nine, she met Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street, who later became her mentor after watching her ski competitively as a teenager. To support her development, Vonn's family relocated to Vail, Colorado, in the late 1990s, a move that placed significant financial strain on the household. She completed high school coursework online through the University of Missouri High School to accommodate full-time training.

Early Career

Vonn's international breakthrough came at age 15 when she became the first American woman to win Italy's prestigious Trofeo Topolino youth race. She made her World Cup debut at 16 and competed in her first Olympic Games at age 17 during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

In 2003, she won a silver medal at the Junior World Championships, followed by her first World Cup podium finish in January 2004 at Cortina d'Ampezzo. Over the next two seasons, Vonn steadily emerged as one of the strongest downhill skiers on the U.S. team, setting the stage for her dominant run later in the decade.

Dominance and Setbacks

Vonn's ascent was marked by both triumph and injury. At the 2006 Turin Olympics, she crashed during training and was hospitalized overnight, yet returned to compete days later, earning the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award for perseverance.

Beginning in 2008, Vonn entered one of the most dominant stretches in alpine skiing history. She won her first overall World Cup title that year and repeated the feat in 2009, 2010, and 2012. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, she overcame a severely bruised shin to win gold in downhill and bronze in Super-G, becoming the first American woman to win Olympic downhill gold.

Her career was repeatedly interrupted by serious injuries, including multiple ACL tears, fractures, and nerve damage. Despite these setbacks, she continued winning races into her 30s, capturing her seventh downhill World Cup title in 2015 and adding further podium finishes through 2018.

Retirement and Historic Comeback

Vonn retired from competitive skiing in 2019 following the World Championships, citing the cumulative toll of injuries. For several years, her career appeared definitively over.

That changed in April 2024, when Vonn underwent a robot-assisted partial knee replacement intended to improve daily mobility. The surgery unexpectedly eliminated the chronic pain that had limited her for nearly a decade. Later that year, she formally rejoined the U.S. Ski Team.

During the 2025 season, Vonn recorded her 83rd and 84th World Cup victories, becoming the oldest woman ever to win a World Cup race. Although she suffered a serious knee injury in early 2026, she elected to compete at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with a stabilizing brace rather than undergo immediate surgery.

Olympic Career

Vonn has competed in five Olympic Games: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2026. She missed the 2014 Games due to injury and sat out the 2022 Games during her retirement.

Her Olympic medal haul includes:

• Gold in downhill (2010)
• Bronze in Super-G (2010)
• Bronze in downhill (2018)

Beyond medals, her Olympic legacy is defined by longevity, visibility, and cultural impact.

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Personal Life

Lindsey speaks German fluently. She married 2002 Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn on September 29, 2007. They divorced in 2013, and she opted to keep her married name. She famously dated Tiger Woods from 2013 to 2015. Lindsey became engaged to hockey player P. K. Subban in 2019. She proposed to him. They broke up in December 2020. Lindsey next began dating entrepreneur Diego Osorio, the founder of Lobos 1707 tequila.

Real Estate

• In 2014, Lindsey paid $3.85 million for a home in Vail. She listed this home for sale in 2019 for $6 million, lowering the price to $5 million in 2020. She ultimately accepted $4.8 million in July 2020.
• In 2016, Lindsey paid $3.55 million for a home in West Hollywood, California. She sold the home in 2018 for $3.65 million.
• In 2017, she paid $2.6 million for a home in Sherman Oaks, California. She listed this property in March 2020 for $3 million.
• Vonn and Subban paid $6.76 million for a home in Beverly Hills in May 2020. They sold this home in May 2021 for $6.9 million.
• In May 2022, Lindsey paid $4.385 million for a home in Miami Beach, Florida. She listed this home for sale in March 2023 for $6 million.

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